So the moon is entering it’s new phase again, and has transitioned through Libra over the past weekend. This means that we’re almost down to the last quarter of the year—Monday was the last day of September, and then there are only 92 days left in the year.

So before heading into making my goals for the next new moon—it’s time to review how I did with my Virgo new moon goals.

My short list of goals for the Virgo new moon period included the following:

  1. Taking an inventory of my life—work on scheduling my reboot break, and other things
  2. Try to get back into a workout routine (probably Country Heat)
  3. Get organized (try to set up various calendars in regards to exercise, working on the blog, networking, job searching, and so forth).

So how did I do with the three goals?

In terms of taking an inventory of my life—I need to finish up my rough draft of my reboot break. I have an general idea of how the first two weeks or so will go (mainly trying to get my storage unit in order), but in terms of trips—those haven’t been planned yet (need to also do some work on my transition plan).  It is time to take control of the direction of my life, and while totally scary—I think it will be a fun trip, as long as I remember to enjoy the journey of getting to where I want to be (which means I still have to have an idea of the end point).

In terms of getting back into a workout routine—I’ve made (though I need to modify it a little) a hybrid calendar that if I start it on Monday will take me through the rest of the year (and possibly the first week or two of the new year). Currently I’ve been trying to make sure that I at least get my steps in during the week—and if I can go over 14K enough, I don’t feel too bad about the days that I fall short of the goal. I know that working out will help me sleep better at night, therefore I need to push myself into the habit again of working out after feeding the dogs (and doing other chores) and try to get it done before dinner.

In terms of getting organized—since I haven’t found a planner that I really like, and while I like my bullet journal—I don’t like how limited the space is for creating calendars. Therefore I went and bought some graphing paper (already hole-punched) and will be using that to hopefully create a large enough monthly calendar that I can at least put more than one thing on each day. I can also have normal paper behind it with lists and have those referenced to the calendar. This is something that I’m hoping to put into effect for October going forward.

So I’m slowly working on moving forward with things (no matter how scary they are)—I’ve more or less given my resignation with my current position (just need to write the resignation letter), and then will have the time to focus on figuring out what I want to do with my life. I’m slowly getting back into a workout routine—while it goes hand in hand with nutrition, I’m going to currently focus on getting back into working out daily. Once I have that has a daily habit, then I’ll also focus more on the nutrition (and that isn’t saying that I’m ignoring nutrition—but I’m not freaking out over calories or macros currently). I’ve decided that the word diet is gone from my vocabulary—and I’m also thinking of striking the words organic and anti-GMO from my vocabulary as well (possible future posts on this topic).

But I have been remembering: Progress over Perfection—I may not be reaching all of my goals for the year—but I’m making progress towards them.